Impacts will begin late Friday into Saturday, with snow and hurricane-force wind gusts possibly whipping up blizzard conditions along parts of the North Carolina and Virginia coasts by Saturday night. Raleigh, North Carolina, needs just 2.7 inches to see its biggest snowstorm since December 2018, but its predicted total is about twice that. Powerful winds could create blizzard conditionsAs the storm rapidly intensifies offshore, powerful winds will significantly worsen impacts across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Blizzard conditions are possible where these winds coincide with heavy snow and create near-zero visibility and extremely dangerous travel. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementFlooding and rough marine conditions are also possible in parts of coastal New England if the storm tracks closer to shore.
